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Just started using my American Watch and Tool Co. lathe and realized quickly that I need more collets. It is a 10mm lathe. Wondering if anyone has info on what other brands will work with this lathe or if it is only original American Watch collets that will work. Have started researching online but I know that this forum is the best source of information so thought I would ask. 

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The  American watch tool co 10mm collets are apparently the same as the Derbyshire Magnus-elect 10mm collets when AWT was liquidated in 1918 Derbyshire bought the tooling and rights to AWT lathes, you could of course ask Derbyshire as they are still in existence,

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i believe Derbyshire 10mm collets are the same as Levin 10mm's, as I understand it Levin pretty much copied Derbyshire.  Not sure if that helps as the Derbyshire collets afaik are less costly than the Levin's.  There is also Pultra (Smart Brown).  Pultra collets will fit a Levin but not vice versa, they're a little tight.

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edit.  I read in your other thread that Levin collets won't work, I guess my suggesting them is moot.  It does surprise me though as there are lots of mentions of people using derbyshire collets in levin lathes

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Thanks "measuretwice". I tried a Levin D but it is too small. Still searching although not a hard as I could. I found a way around my immediate problem and the lathe worked quite well. 

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   tight collets:    are you shure they are  a "different  thread form"?  like S.A.E.  verses Metric.    check out Machinest's Handbook. or that old UK thread form "_ _ _ _ _ _".      vin

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